SEPTEMBER WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 10

SEPTEMBER WEATHER

RAINFALL ABOVE NORMAL

Dealing with September weather, Dr. E Kidsofi, Director of the Meteorological Office, states that the total rainfail of the month was above normal over the North Island, except at places, in the central region and between Wanganui and Wellington. In the South Island, Otago/had more than the average, and Blenheim also reported an excess, but elsewhere there was a deficiency. The greatest differences from the mean are shown on the eastern coasts, Gisborne having 76 per cent, above and Christchurch 73 per cent, below.

There were no general heavy rains during the month, but several occasions on which heavy local falls occurred. For instance, on September 5 and 6 very heavv rain was experienced. in Otago, the effect of a low-pressure centre, passing in that region. Floods resulted in some of the rivers, and much of the lowlying countrv was under water at this time. On September 27 and 28 a cyclone centred off East Cape brought heavyrain to the Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay districts. The nlost generally unsettled period was between September 17 and 27. Dull, misty, and showery conditions prevailed, and, on September 25, some snow fell in the South Island in the rear of an intense Antarctic disturbance. Anticyclonic conditions with fair weather rilled in the beginning, from the 13th to the 17th, and at the. close of the month.

Although dull weather was frequent, there were no severe cold periods, and, from observers’ remarks, conditions appear to have been favourable for lambing, and the month generally was a good growing one.